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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301
June 3, 2009
Contact: Chris Mackey
Office: (919) 733-5612
Gov. Perdue Announces that Law Enforcement Cited 15,132 Unbuckled People during ‘Click it or Ticket’ Campaign
Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that more than 15,000 drivers and passengers were cited for not wearing their seat belt or having their child properly buckled during the “Click It or Ticket” campaign, which began May 18 and ended May 31.
"I thank law enforcement officers across the state who participated in this life saving campaign," said Perdue. “I urge North Carolinians who still choose to remain unbuckled to think twice and remember that a seat belt or proper child safety seat could save your life or the life of a loved one.”
The final statewide total for the campaign includes 13,654 seat belt citations and 1,478 child passenger safety citations. State and local law enforcement officers issued the citations during more than 8,500 checkpoints and stepped-up patrols.
The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program administers “Click It or Ticket.” The program began as a national pilot project in 1993 to increase seat belt usage and child passenger safety through stepped-up enforcement of the state’s seat belt and child safety seat laws.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration reported that North Carolina’s 2008 seat belt usage rate was 89.8 percent, its highest rate ever. A NHTSA study published last year showed that when worn correctly, seat belts have proven to reduce the risk of a front seat passenger being killed in a crash by 45 percent.

BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301
June 3, 2009
Contact: Chris Mackey
Office: (919) 733-5612
Gov. Perdue Announces that Law Enforcement Cited 15,132 Unbuckled People during ‘Click it or Ticket’ Campaign
Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that more than 15,000 drivers and passengers were cited for not wearing their seat belt or having their child properly buckled during the “Click It or Ticket” campaign, which began May 18 and ended May 31.
"I thank law enforcement officers across the state who participated in this life saving campaign," said Perdue. “I urge North Carolinians who still choose to remain unbuckled to think twice and remember that a seat belt or proper child safety seat could save your life or the life of a loved one.”
The final statewide total for the campaign includes 13,654 seat belt citations and 1,478 child passenger safety citations. State and local law enforcement officers issued the citations during more than 8,500 checkpoints and stepped-up patrols.
The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program administers “Click It or Ticket.” The program began as a national pilot project in 1993 to increase seat belt usage and child passenger safety through stepped-up enforcement of the state’s seat belt and child safety seat laws.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration reported that North Carolina’s 2008 seat belt usage rate was 89.8 percent, its highest rate ever. A NHTSA study published last year showed that when worn correctly, seat belts have proven to reduce the risk of a front seat passenger being killed in a crash by 45 percent.